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史
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Definitions
- 1. history
- 2. annals
- 3. title of an official historian in ancient China
Example Sentences
1 shown你是語言學家，還是歷 史 學家？
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Words Containing 史
GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
history of philosophy
a brief history
Staples Inc., US office supply store
\A Brief History of Time\ by Stephen Hawking
Steven, Stephen (name)
annal
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[lǐ bó yuán] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[lǐ bǎo jiā] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[bā guó lián jūn]
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[dà zhuàn], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[zhōu xuān wáng] but probably dating from c. 500 BC
history book
history repeats itself
Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls
see 斯蒂芬·哈珀[sī dì fēn · hā pò]
historical background
(fig.) history full of suffering
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
historian
General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山[xiāo yī shān]
earth history
all-time high
office set up in 1914 to compile official history of the Qing dynasty
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
history of the Party
medical history
factory history
historic site
History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[lǐ yán shòu] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls
history of art
literature and history
history
since the beginning of history
heritage; historical legacy
modern history
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories
ancient history
historical person
scribe
history written in blood
long-established
intellectual history
historian
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ]
historical drama
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[lǐ yán shòu] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[ān lù shān], participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[ān shǐ zhī luàn]
unprecedented in history
Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer
in history
Museum of Chinese History
historiography
historical museum
history of literature
Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.
Stephens
contemporary history
Stacy (name)
annals
Stanford University
historic significance
historical fact
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
epic
historical standpoint
prehistoric artifacts
natural history (i.e. botany and zoology)
historical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
Sputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
historian
unofficial history
historic cost (accounting)
(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
an epic
Stallone (name)
Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[sī mǎ qiān] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì]
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
art history
Straw (name)
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[ān lù shān] and 史思明[shǐ sī míng], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
historic
historical
history
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[kē shào mín] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ]
historical tales
romance (loanword)
historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist and activist, reported on China, esp. the communist side
political history
to be known to history as
ancient history
superintendent of education (formal title)
Smith (name)
national history
annals
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
slime (loanword)
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[tuō tuō] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[yuán], 496 scrolls
historical incident
prehistory
Stanford (University)
to look back at history
Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist
History of Kingdom Lu
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[tuō tuō] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[yuán], 116 scrolls
narrative history
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II
to learn from history (idiom)
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[zhuī xún xiàn dài zhōng guó]
ancient history
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
historical point of view
Agnes Smedley (1892-1950), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽[zhào ěr xùn] in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
history of science
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]
historical novel
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[zhāng tíng yù] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
historical records
Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[jié diē lì shī kè hán]
historical period
Blacksmith (name)
Steve (male name)
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[tuō tuō] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[yuán], 135 scrolls
epic
official in charge of public records
modern history and contemporary history
Staten Island, borough of New York City
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[wú jìng zǐ], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system
historian
prehistoric man
historical biography
Schweppes (soft drinks company)
cultural history
historical development
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[sòng lián] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
historical material or data